Social Media Icon Widget
Add social media icon links to your sidebar with customizable styles, colors, hover effects, and animations.
4.2(17 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Social Media Icon Widget is a WordPress icon widget plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 233K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 20% this week. Top alternative: Custom Social Media Widget.
4.2/517 reviews
4.0K+active installs
233K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Need a simple way to display social media icon links on your site? This lightweight widget makes it easy to add profile icons for all your favorite platforms right in your sidebar, footer, or any widget area.
View Premium Demo: Social Media Icon Widget Premium
More About Pro: Social Media Icon Widget Premium Features
Where To Buy: Buy Social Media Icon Widget Premium
NEW: Gutenberg Block Support
Enjoy a seamless editing experience with our native Gutenberg block! Simply search for the “Social Media Widget” block and customize your profiles directly within the WordPress page or post editor.
Video Tutorial
Whether you run a blog, business site, or portfolio, having visible social media icon links helps visitors connect with you across platforms. This widget gives you full contr…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.217 reviews
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Recent Reviews
I like this plugin
by Viên uống đẹp da Ritana·4 years ago
I like this plugin
Great Plugin
by Darren·4 years ago
Once installed and running this is a great plugin. Simple and easy to configure, would definitely recommend it for projects.
A very poor show
by retrocool·5 years ago
The icons do not appear, and the instructions are unclear, for example do you put in the full link or just the social media handle? With or without the ‘@’? It is not clear and all options throw up an error. Waste of my time for what should be a simple and basic plug-in.
Asked for admin access to my site
by mrtheplague·5 years ago·3 replies
Purchased the paid premium version, which was not worth the cost. And asked for a refund. Their customer service email rep asked incredibly casually for admin access to my website.
May work for some, not for me.
by mikey187lfc·5 years ago
The settings are very basic and limited but the reason I will not use it is that it will not save the settings and keeps reverting back even after clearing catch etc.
Download Trends
Today: 36Yesterday: 47This week: 309Period total: 23K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
37.4%
v1.2
28.8%
v1.1
17.3%
v1.3
15.4%
Other
1.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4.0
- Improved performance by switching to dynamic inline CSS (
wp_add_inline_style) for frontend widget presentation. - Added support for Gutenberg blocks.
- Updated standard default colors to better align with the widget’s modern appearance.
- Fixed prefixing issues for coding standards.
- Improved security with proper output escaping and nonce verification.
…and 1 more changes
Contributors
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